The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 20, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
5:06 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 12
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 25.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 52m / 15.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.98° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.38° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.